2. What does Kristeva say it is necessary for a child to do because he has to repress his primal fears that still exist in him?
(a) Ignore them.
(b) Get rid of them.
(c) Learn to express them.
(d) Adapt to them.

3. The author says the traditional Freudian model of the Oedipal triangle is what?
(a) Wrong.
(b) Deficient.
(c) Perfect.
(d) Flawed.

4. Kristeva says that when a child's perfect equilibrium of desire and satisfaction is upset he alternates between fear and what?
(a) Anger.
(b) Desire.
(c) Need.
(d) Hate.

5. What does Kristeva say is, historically, man's primary response to the perversion caused by the abject?
(a) Rejection and fear.
(b) Lawlessness and insubordination.
(c) Religion and morality.
(d) Denial and hatred.

Short Answer Questions

1. Since the boy is forced to repress his desire for the "maternal body" at a young age, Kristeva says he has not yet understood the situation in what way?

2. Kristeva makes use of what complex to explain the genesis of the abject?

3. According to Kristeva, boys eventually resign themselves to the fact that they can never have their mothers' bodies out of fear of whom?

4. Who does Kristeva say is not directly involved when a child is weaned from his mother's breast?

5. What does Kristeva says is the only way man can express the abject?

(see the answer key)

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